Kyle had given relieved smile and refused to look at Siobhan. He knew what she was doing. Time to play his part.

"Too bad Trisha, another zero for Gryffindor. Guess my troll brains are better than a no-brain." The jab he figured would be enough to push the hotheaded Gryffindor over the edge. Sure enough she slammed her hand on the table and got a reprimand from Slughorn, no detention though, which was too bad in Kyle's opinion.

"That's not fair. My potion was ready." Trisha complained.

"Now none of that." Slughorn interrupted her. "Obviously something was wrong with your potion otherwise it wouldn't have exploded."

Dinner and then detention. He and Siobhan were probably the only people in Hogwarts who were looking forward to getting Detention. They were also probably the only ones who got it so early in the year. Kyle hadn't heard of Potter's postponed detention, that had rescued the pair of them from Slug Club. If Potter hadn't gotten Saturday detention they would have, Kyle also hadn't heard that Potter's detention had been postponed. Not that any of that mattered to the first year Slytherin.